Within the past few hours I received a similar message, that this is *probably* a parody, given the nature of the site that published (or republished) it? The folks at SAT have not yet confirmed or denied.
That's why I included "Is it true? I don't know" as a red flag, expressing my doubts. My doubts were triggered not by knowledge of the site's nature as a parody site (for I had not been to the site) but by the absurd logistics issue raised in my question about how the test would be administered. If it is a parody, it is rather well done. Sometimes a laugh smooths the way for serious discussion. Jim Maule >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/18/04 1:05:07 PM >>> The site this appears on is a well known parody site, so I would assume it is exactly that. Ed Brayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Does anyone on the list know if this is indeed the direction the testing >is taking. That is, if the report is accurate. The example questions >seem to ask for more than reading comprehension to me. > >Susanna Peters > > > >Those interested in the reach of the evolution vs creation tension and > > >>the legal issues arising in its impact on education may find this item, >>at >> >>http://swiftreport.blogs.com/news/2004/12/new_sat_questio.html#more >> >>to be worth a read. Is it true? I don't know. I haven't researched it. >>If true, what happens to the student who leans in the other direction? >>Two versions of the SAT in the same state??? >> >>Here's the first part (so as to avoid lifting the entire piece) >> >>============================================================================= >>December 16, 2004 >>New SAT Questions Replace Evolution with Creation >> >>NEW YORK, NY-Officials from the College Board, the nonprofit entity >>that >>administers the Scholastic Aptitude Test or SAT, have announced that >>they are >>producing a new version of the test for students who live in school >>districts where >>creationism rather than evolution is taught in science classes. >> >>Sat_readingcomp_1Students who take the revised test, which will be >>introduced in >>school districts in Kansas and Georgia in the fall of 2005, will no >>longer be tested on >>their ability to comprehend passages from scientific texts that are >>based on the >>controversial theory of evolution. Instead, they will read excerpts >>from writings on >>such creation-related topics as the six days in which God created the >>earth or the >>great flood, then answer a series of questions to indicate how well >>they've >>understood the passages. (Click image, left, to view questions; or >>download PDF.) >> >>* * * * * * >> >>============================================================================= >> >> >> >>Jim Maule >>Professor of Law, Villanova University School of Law >>Villanova PA 19085 >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>http://vls.law.vill.edu/prof/maule >>mauledagain.blogspot.com >>President, TaxJEM Inc (computer assisted tax law instruction) >>(www.taxjem.com) >>Publisher, JEMBook Publishing Co. (www.jembook.com) >>Maule Family Archivist & Genealogist (www.maulefamily.com) >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>To post, send message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see >>http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw >> >>Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as >>private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are >>posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or >>wrongly) forward the messages to others. >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >To post, send message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw > >Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others. > > > > _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
